As a family owned business with
strong family values, we are
highly regarded for our integrity.
Founded in 1981 by the late William S. Cumby, Sr. and William S. Cumby, Jr., W.S. Cumby provides a full spectrum of professional construction services including construction management, design/build and general contracting. Our client base has grown to encompass a diverse range of building sectors and we are proud to have a long list of repeat clients from the educational, religious, healthcare, commercial, retail, multi-family residential and hospitality fields. We are based in Springfield, PA and proudly serve the Greater Philadelphia and Tri-State areas.
As a family owned business with strong family values, we are highly regarded for our integrity. Thanks to our team of uncommonly dedicated construction professionals, we’ve become renowned for our partnership-based approach to the planning, pre-construction and construction management of renovation, restoration, and construction projects.
We have been leaders in the Green Building movement for more than a decade and, as a result, have built high-performance buildings for dozens of clients, helping them achieve their goals in a smart, affordable way. We are one of the largest Merit Shop firms in the Philadelphia area and have gained a particularly strong reputation for the extraordinary value of our pre-construction services. In addition, the importance we place on safety has resulted in us being invited back to work in occupied campuses and facilities many times by many repeat clients.
It is our mission to provide the best service in the construction industry. To that end, we believe that the quality of the process is equally important as the quality of the product. The result of this unfailing commitment to service is that we have successfully completed hundreds of projects approaching a billion dollars in value for hundreds of satisfied clients. Our goal for the future is to continually strive for excellence, to bring our uncompromising values and industry leading expertise to more and more delighted clients.
We are honest and ethical; we do what is right, not what is easy.
We adopt our client’s goals as our own and pursue them relentlessly as a team.
We follow through and keep our promises; our dedication to project success is absolute.
Our highest priority is to provide a healthy, safe, clean and enjoyable working environment for all of our staff, subcontractors, vendors and visitors. We take this responsibility seriously by hiring the best construction professionals, setting the highest standards, and embracing a culture of continual improvement.
We manage a comprehensive safety program, enforced with stringent controls, that empowers all employees to become active stewards of safety. The foundation of our safety culture rests on the following principles:
The results of our commitment to safety speak for themselves: We have maintained a Workmen’s Compensation Experience Modification Factor (EMR) that is far below the industry standard. We are founding members of General Contractors Insurance LTD, a “Best-in-Class” Captive Insurance Company composed of only the safest construction firms in the nation.
We are passionate about our work and are very proud of the
recognition it has received by our peers and the AEC industry.
Our award-winning projects include:
2016 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders & Contractors, Eastern PA Chapter
2016 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders & Contractors, Eastern PA Chapter
2016 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders & Contractors, Eastern PA Chapter
2016 Preservation Award, Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
2016 Merit Award for Design Excellence, AIA Philadelphia
2015 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders & Contractors, Eastern PA Chapter
2015 Best in Education Award, IIDA PA-NJ-DE Chapter
2015 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders & Contractors, Eastern PA Chapter
2014 Preservation Achievement Award, The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
2014 Groundbreaker Award, Delaware Valley Green Building Council
2012 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders and Contractors, SEPA Chapter
2011 Best Renovation/Restoration Award of Excellence, Associated Builders and Contractors, SEPA Chapter
2011 Merit Award for Design Excellence, American Institute of Architects, San Antonio Chapter
2010 Merit Construction Award of Excellence, Associated Builders and Contractors, SEPA Chapter
2010 Preservation Award for Design Excellence, American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter
2010 Preservation Award for Design Excellence, American Institute of Architects, Pennsylvania Chapter
2010 Preservation Pennsylvania Award - Public and Institutional Rehabilitation
2010 Lower Merion Township Historic Preservation Award
Lafayette Gardens Hope VI Revitalization, Jersey City
2010 Creative Neighborhood Affordable Housing